Perren Sonja, von Wyl Agnes, Bürgin Dieter, Simoni Heidi, von Klitzing Kai
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Basel, Switzerland.
Fam Process. 2005 Dec;44(4):441-59. doi: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2005.00071.x.
One of the most frequently reported changes across the transition to parenthood is a decline in marital quality after the birth of a first baby. Experiences in the family of origin may influence the trajectory of marital quality. Our study aimed to investigate the impact of recollections of family-of-origin marriage on marital quality (self-reports and clinical evaluation) from pregnancy to 1 year after the birth of a first child. A total of 62 first-time parents completed questionnaires (self-reported marital satisfaction) and clinical interviews (clinical evaluation of couples' dialogue quality). Although self-reported marital satisfaction and observed dialogue quality were highly associated, only self-reported marital satisfaction declined from pregnancy to 1 year after birth. This decrease was partly due to very high marital satisfaction during pregnancy. Different trajectories for self-reported marital satisfaction and observed dialogue quality were found for participants with recollections of low-, average-, and high-quality family-of-origin marriage. A structural equation model showed that participants who recollected a negative quality in their parents' relationship reported more negative changes in the quality of their own marriages. There seems to be an intergenerational transmission of marital quality that comes to light when couples are challenged by the birth and rearing of a baby.
向为人父母角色转变过程中最常被报道的变化之一，是头胎宝宝出生后婚姻质量下降。原生家庭的经历可能会影响婚姻质量的轨迹。我们的研究旨在调查对原生家庭婚姻的回忆对从怀孕到头胎孩子出生后1年的婚姻质量（自我报告和临床评估）的影响。共有62对初为父母者完成了问卷调查（自我报告的婚姻满意度）和临床访谈（对夫妻对话质量的临床评估）。虽然自我报告的婚姻满意度与观察到的对话质量高度相关，但只有自我报告的婚姻满意度从怀孕到产后1年有所下降。这种下降部分是由于孕期婚姻满意度非常高。对于回忆起原生家庭婚姻质量低、中等和高的参与者，发现了自我报告的婚姻满意度和观察到的对话质量的不同轨迹。一个结构方程模型表明，回忆起父母关系质量负面的参与者报告自己婚姻质量的负面变化更多。当夫妻因宝宝的出生和抚养而受到挑战时，婚姻质量似乎存在代际传递。
